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CEMETERY 2100
found in Prof. Petrie’s large cemetery to the east.
The central tombs had obviously been the best
and most important, while those on the outskirts
were very poor and yielded nothing. We worked
out about a hundred in all, details of which are
given in Prof. Petrie’s register. The following are
the most noteworthy. No plan was made of them.
2100. Coffin 2r/2 inches thick, whitened inside
and out. Eyes in black, on east side as usual. One
pot, type 63 K, at head, contained twigs and leaves:
another, same type, had a hole in the shoulder
(killed?). Calves’ bones from the offerings remained.
The models were broken up and scattered: there
had been two boats and the two servant-maids
with baskets. A little box of wood, painted red,
contained a tiny set of model tools.
2101. Grave of a man named Dudufi. Outer
coffin painted ochre yellow inside and out, wood
3 inches thick, with a line of blue hieroglyphs
all round. East side names Osiris, lord of Daddu,
and Khentamentiu, lord of Abydos. West side,
Anubis, on the top of his hill, and Amiut, lord
of Ta-zeser, see pi. xxiii. Plaster mask, with blue
moustache and beard. The models were partly
thrown into the coffin by the robbers, but had
been arranged round it: the maids at the north;
the rowing boat, with spears and shields, pointing
north, on the east; the lea figure with walking
stick on the south. The sail and paddle from a
boat were on the west, and inside the coffin were
the broken up granary, domestic scene and boat.
The style of the models was very poor.
2x02 was the small grave of a girl about 12 years
of age, with hair in plaits. The body was doubled
up with the feet at the pelvis, and the hands east
of the face. The spine was bent so that the head
faced north, and the whole was crammed into a
box of thin wood, igX3oX8 inches, covered with
thin stucco, painted red. At the hands was a
quartzite whetstone and just behind the pelvis the
very unusual painted box of light-brown pottery
with lid, shown in detail on pi. lxvi, 2. The lid,
which was found inverted on the box, has a hole
in the centre for a string or knob. The whole is
painted white, with red and yellow designs, shown
in the drawing. It will be noticed how, in colouring
the lozenges, one had to be half red and half
yellow, as the number was made uneven by mis-
take. I can find no parallel to this object, which
has an African or possibly Sudani appearance;
the child was probably a foreign slave. Inside
were the little wooden comb pi. lxvi, 3, and half
a steatite plaque, pi. lviii, 1, with the maze patterns
of the late Old Kingdom period.
2104 had a recess on the east side, and remaining
in it were a model rowing boat, bows pointing
north, and the ox from the domestic scene.
2105 also had a recess on the east side, 12X90X15
inches, with the set of 5 models in position, but no
ka figure. The order was, from north to south: the
domestic scene and the two maids, side by side:
then the granary: then the rowing boat, bows north:
and at the south end the sailing boat, bows south.
A delightful feature was the tiny leather bag held
in the hand of one of the granary men and contain-
ing the set of model tools. The bag was triangular
in long vertical section: each side ended in a row
of little pierced flaps, and these were held together
by a stick, passing through the holes of each flap
alternately. The stick also passed through the tops
of little triangular pieces which were bent up to
form the ends.
22. 2106, Uazet-hetep, was the only tomb of
this period found untouched. The pit, 40X95 and
115 inches deep, had a room on the south about
80X100X40 in very bad crumbly ground. The
bricking up was intact, bricks 14X6X272 inches.
In the shaft lay debris from another grave: pot-
sherds (i6E)? pieces of coffin, and a flint flake with
saw edge. There were the usual two coffins, both
inscribed on the outside in blue, but plain inside,
pi. xxiii. Under the coffins were three great rough
poles which had been used to move the coffins into
position in the chamber. Resting on the lid was
the circular knob or handle which had been sawn
off the end of it at the last moment. These knobs
were frequently found in the cemetery. They were
painted over when the coffins were painted, and
a rough circular unpainted patch was left at the
end of the lid when they were removed. The outer
coffin measured 27x85x36, wood 3 inches thick,
with the line of blue hieroglyphs running round
the body and down the middle of the lid. It was
painted white, inside, and yellow, out. The joints
were of the concealed mitre type, pegged together.
The lid was flat solid wood, 51j2 inches thick, with
cross-bars underneath, near each end, into which
pegs were driven through the ends of the coffin
to fasten it down. The whole was very massive
and heavy. The timbers were not straight planks,
but showed the natural tortuous growth of the tree.
The fitting together had been most ingeniously
CEMETERY 2100
found in Prof. Petrie’s large cemetery to the east.
The central tombs had obviously been the best
and most important, while those on the outskirts
were very poor and yielded nothing. We worked
out about a hundred in all, details of which are
given in Prof. Petrie’s register. The following are
the most noteworthy. No plan was made of them.
2100. Coffin 2r/2 inches thick, whitened inside
and out. Eyes in black, on east side as usual. One
pot, type 63 K, at head, contained twigs and leaves:
another, same type, had a hole in the shoulder
(killed?). Calves’ bones from the offerings remained.
The models were broken up and scattered: there
had been two boats and the two servant-maids
with baskets. A little box of wood, painted red,
contained a tiny set of model tools.
2101. Grave of a man named Dudufi. Outer
coffin painted ochre yellow inside and out, wood
3 inches thick, with a line of blue hieroglyphs
all round. East side names Osiris, lord of Daddu,
and Khentamentiu, lord of Abydos. West side,
Anubis, on the top of his hill, and Amiut, lord
of Ta-zeser, see pi. xxiii. Plaster mask, with blue
moustache and beard. The models were partly
thrown into the coffin by the robbers, but had
been arranged round it: the maids at the north;
the rowing boat, with spears and shields, pointing
north, on the east; the lea figure with walking
stick on the south. The sail and paddle from a
boat were on the west, and inside the coffin were
the broken up granary, domestic scene and boat.
The style of the models was very poor.
2x02 was the small grave of a girl about 12 years
of age, with hair in plaits. The body was doubled
up with the feet at the pelvis, and the hands east
of the face. The spine was bent so that the head
faced north, and the whole was crammed into a
box of thin wood, igX3oX8 inches, covered with
thin stucco, painted red. At the hands was a
quartzite whetstone and just behind the pelvis the
very unusual painted box of light-brown pottery
with lid, shown in detail on pi. lxvi, 2. The lid,
which was found inverted on the box, has a hole
in the centre for a string or knob. The whole is
painted white, with red and yellow designs, shown
in the drawing. It will be noticed how, in colouring
the lozenges, one had to be half red and half
yellow, as the number was made uneven by mis-
take. I can find no parallel to this object, which
has an African or possibly Sudani appearance;
the child was probably a foreign slave. Inside
were the little wooden comb pi. lxvi, 3, and half
a steatite plaque, pi. lviii, 1, with the maze patterns
of the late Old Kingdom period.
2104 had a recess on the east side, and remaining
in it were a model rowing boat, bows pointing
north, and the ox from the domestic scene.
2105 also had a recess on the east side, 12X90X15
inches, with the set of 5 models in position, but no
ka figure. The order was, from north to south: the
domestic scene and the two maids, side by side:
then the granary: then the rowing boat, bows north:
and at the south end the sailing boat, bows south.
A delightful feature was the tiny leather bag held
in the hand of one of the granary men and contain-
ing the set of model tools. The bag was triangular
in long vertical section: each side ended in a row
of little pierced flaps, and these were held together
by a stick, passing through the holes of each flap
alternately. The stick also passed through the tops
of little triangular pieces which were bent up to
form the ends.
22. 2106, Uazet-hetep, was the only tomb of
this period found untouched. The pit, 40X95 and
115 inches deep, had a room on the south about
80X100X40 in very bad crumbly ground. The
bricking up was intact, bricks 14X6X272 inches.
In the shaft lay debris from another grave: pot-
sherds (i6E)? pieces of coffin, and a flint flake with
saw edge. There were the usual two coffins, both
inscribed on the outside in blue, but plain inside,
pi. xxiii. Under the coffins were three great rough
poles which had been used to move the coffins into
position in the chamber. Resting on the lid was
the circular knob or handle which had been sawn
off the end of it at the last moment. These knobs
were frequently found in the cemetery. They were
painted over when the coffins were painted, and
a rough circular unpainted patch was left at the
end of the lid when they were removed. The outer
coffin measured 27x85x36, wood 3 inches thick,
with the line of blue hieroglyphs running round
the body and down the middle of the lid. It was
painted white, inside, and yellow, out. The joints
were of the concealed mitre type, pegged together.
The lid was flat solid wood, 51j2 inches thick, with
cross-bars underneath, near each end, into which
pegs were driven through the ends of the coffin
to fasten it down. The whole was very massive
and heavy. The timbers were not straight planks,
but showed the natural tortuous growth of the tree.
The fitting together had been most ingeniously